Jang Eu-suk is a South Korean

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. She won a gold medal in finweight at the

1987 World Taekwondo Championships The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987, with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries. Medal summary Men Women ...

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, after defeating Rosa Moreno in the semifinal, and

Mónica Torres Mónica Torres is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. She won a silver medal in finweight at the 1987 World Taekwondo Championships in Barcelona, after being defeated by Jang Eu-suk in the final. She won a silver medal in finweight at the 1989 W ...

in the final.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people South Korean female taekwondo practitioners World Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-taekwondo-bio-stub